Stephanie Tunmore - Climate Campaigner
Hi, I'm Stephanie Tunmore and I am a Climate Campaigner for Greenpeace International. I've been with Greenpeace for almost 18 years in various roles - receptionist, campaign assistant, press officer, corporate campaigner, project team leader – but for the last few years I have been focused on Climate Change Policy. I am still motivated by the same anger at injustice and inequity that led me to join Greenpeace all those years ago but these days I find myself much closer to the source of the problem – the politicians and policy makers. It’s a sometimes frustrating, sometimes deeply satisfying role.
Political wheels grind really slowly and sometimes, sitting in interminable plenary sessions at international negotiations, listening to the petty bickering and watching ministers and their advisors trying to weasel out of making commitments to fight climate change, I wonder if they really do grasp the urgency of the situation. Then there are the breakthrough moments like Russia ratifying Kyoto so it could finally become a legal reality and the presentation of the latest scientific findings from the IPCC, when it seemed the ‘uncertainty’ was removed and the world woke up.
Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge faced by the planet and we all have a role to play in reducing emissions and striving to avoid the most catastrophic impacts. For governments that role is magnified a hundred fold. They are in a position to make decisions that could result in the phase out of fossil fuels, the switch to a clean energy future and provide the support that developing countries need to develop in a low carbon way and adapt to those impacts that are now unavoidable. I see my role and that of my colleagues as bringing public scrutiny to the deliberations of the worlds’ politicians, and shining a spotlight into all the dark murky corners of international negotiations. After all, these people represent us and if they fail to address public concern about climate change and commit to action then they are not doing their jobs. And you’d want to know about that – right?
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Respected Madam
I am working as an executive trainee in AFPRO. The on going project is Climate Change in Rajasthan.
I am an agri graduate with MSW in Social work.
Can you provide me with some information regarding climate change in other countries.
I ahve been asked to give a write up to green peace for the post of Climate campaigner.
I will be thankful for your co operation.
Thanks & Regards
Valentine Denis
Posted by: valentine | October 22, 2007 2:56 PM
Hi,
Great to know that you are a climate campaigner, joining a warning to the world about the danger posed by global warming, and a challenging call to the political leaders to do something urgently to response to this catastrophic phenomenon. Im delighted to know that you show solidarity with the low-lying islands, including Kiribati, my home island nation. I am currently doing my dissertation on the impact of global warming on Kiribati and will be using a report you made about the "king tide" that his Kiribati on February 9, 2005. I will be using this as one of my resources to support the current evidences regarding impact of global warming on the people of Kiribati. I wish you well in your work and commitment to make this world a better and safer place for all, especially the poor low-lying islands of Kiribati.
Martin
Posted by: Martin Everi | November 5, 2007 2:32 AM
Dear Stephanie Tunmore.
I´m one member of Climate Project Spain but I have speak with Al Gore for my propose and has been imposible any response.
My plan from many years ago it´s that we need implement a prototype of farm absolutly integred in nature and without inputs.
Like Agriculture Enginere i have choose hemp like the best plant to survive in the minimum Ecological Size.
Please try to help me with Greenpease, I´m sure that with a Integral Hemp Farm many thousand people could be prepare to choose this type of live in a ethical way of life and the best solution for planet and humans.
I can´t join enough resourses to start the project, all the ONGs and Administration don´t believe in this way, the only that commun sense indicate.
The time goes down and we don´t have people enough concious of the enormous dimensions of the reactions of Mother Earth.
www.canamo-solidario.tk it´s my web in construction and has open me the doors of Climate Change, but really my fight it´s fight againts hunger and poverty using Hemp, Industrial Hemp.
I have a grate faith in this plant and indigena people too, they are the masters and the people choose by God to offer a increible example of courage for the rest of Human Raze.
We need to introduce Hemp first in the Refusee Fields and stop the miserable condition of life.
The rest could be the most beautiful dream that we never could imagine. Finally Stop the Unjust State of the worls. A new Era Really.
I have a lot of arguments, logic and structure arguments about how use hemp to stop the crisis.
Please Stephanie Tunmore write me and contat with me 0034 675 919438
0034 985 700965
kundroll1@yahoo.es
I have recuperate the faith in one oportunity if we are enough humilties.
Thank you or your effors, messages and energy.
Spain it´s to much stop for my personal plan, everybody it´s very relax and unworried.
WE ARE SITED OVER AN ENORMOUS BALL OF DINAMYTE AND NOBODY WANTS TO SEE.
Posted by: David Hurtado Esteban | March 15, 2008 2:00 AM